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#126 Saturday 3 Feb. 8:45 pm Darling What a windfall! A letter (139-138 not yet; mail awfully slow recently) and four valentines from you, a darling little valentine from Wendy and another from M and F; a Christmas card from Peg Tweedy; the Times roll of 12/24, and three packages! One contained Elisieff which I asked Father to send (mailed him money for postage) and which I'm glad to get; the other two were special - the snapshot album and our pajamas. The last was the nicest thing of all - darling, they smell so good; I just buried my face in them and pretended it was you, and felt that lovely rush of feeling all through me…Tonight I sleep between clean sheets and in those pajamas. The album is just right - right size, good colors, neatly put together. I'll put it to use in a very short time. In prosaic reply to your carefully chosen cards - 1) I need more than a little loving myself, sweetie (gosh, what a delicious going over I could give you right now!) 2) Valentine's Day is a heck of a day to be away. But I [hereby?] proclaim the first 3 days that I'm home as Super Valentine's Days. 3) I loved your note on this one (…as if I needed to) 4) Already answered elsewhere. As for Wendy's - mmm, such a wonderful long big gentle hug! [pg 2] I've had better success with keeping your gray hair intact then I did with Wendy's eyelash. The symbolism, of course, is that it's well for me to take a good look at it now (just as a curiosity) because there won't be occasion for any when I get back. I've noticed one or two in my head lately, but not a lot. At the time I wondered if you’d be fearfully expecting me to come home with a headful. I doubt if I'll have even a visible sprinkling, but somehow I like having just a few. Four days without mail is cruel - I don't know any reason for it unless it's the same one that's been slowing ours down here; very little airmail lately. Your dream was interesting, involved but so easily understandable (my coming home) I haven't had one like that, but I've had a number which were tantalizing because in the dream you seemed to elude me and I couldn't find or reach you (understand?). But I've also, as mentioned from time to time, had some thoroly refreshing ones. Because I can't [?] [lux?ly] in the morning (nor even Sunday) but have to get up and shake off my dreams, it's hard to remember most of them in any detail and those I do don't persist in my mind more than a day or two - I'm not sure whether that makes it harder or easier to take. The little bluish-violet flowers with the corn-yellow centers are pretty. What are they? Grow in our garden? [pg 3] Wait to hear what answer you will make to Jean's letter. That's a matter it's awfully hard for me to decide from out here, but I am interested. Very glad to hear about Bob Falk's visit - we hear the same thing about life at Fort Ord (strictly GI and pretty hellish) - some of the men here have been there. Of course you may copy from my typed letters, if you like, and send it to Ord - but they’re really quite sloppily written and I wish as you go along that you’d cull out the less interesting portions. It makes me feel sorry to think that I now have no package on the way to you - no little pleasant surprize to look forward to hearing about - but I'm gradually accumulating a few things for a birthday box to you, and that's fun. Tonight I was presented with a huge scroll in the same type of characters you've seen - I'll explain it when I mail it, as soon as I can get a container made. Time for bed, darling, and tonight I look forward to it especially. I love you Warren
